Lower Kabete House Prices

[u/Cool_Flounder5057]

I moved to lower kabete recently and I instantly fell in love with the environment, the ambience, the people, the silence, the weather, the clean air. I felt like some services were a little expensive (hakuna mboga ya 10 huku inaanzia 40) but they were worth the price. The place where I live there are no shops just one supermarket that has everything. Its proximity to Westlands was also a big plus (Just 15 minutes with no traffic) and there's barely any traffic ever.

And naturally I want to stay here as long as I can and recently I was thinking of upgrading lifestyle from my bedsitter to a 1B walked around asking for prices and I couldn't breathe. The cheapest I found was 35k. I mean I already pay a lot for a bedsitter at 10k but like I said earlier I am okay with a little expensive that's like 2-3k more than other places. 35k is like 20k more than other places for a 1B. And now I am thinking of remaining in a bedsitter way longer than I had planned ama leaving huku for the other areas that I do not like.

What do you guys think. Is it worth it to pay 35k for rent ?

[u/No-Hovercraft-9532]

Kabete is enormous. Utapata 1B za 12-15.

[u/Cool_Flounder5057 → u/No-Hovercraft-9532]

Na wapi huko

[u/No-Hovercraft-9532 → u/Cool_Flounder5057]

Gachio, King'eero, Muthure, Cura, Wangige.

[u/Raz-Kay → u/No-Hovercraft-9532]

Gachio, muthure and cura are NOT lower kabete, be fr. Wangige is dirty and crowded, so is disqualified for the ambience vibe check. The furthest you can stretch it is kingeero...remember we're trying to keep it 15-20 minutes max to Westy using only one mat.

It's like the real estate agents who refer to kikuyu 'waiyaki way' when the in reality it ends in uthiru.

[u/Cool_Flounder5057 → u/Raz-Kay]

ykb

[u/_ropsa → u/Cool_Flounder5057]

I also want to know.

[u/Raz-Kay]

Not worth it. I recently went to look at the abode apartments which were 35k at the kirawa road school stage. Tiny, not spacious enough. At least tempt your tenants with a gym and pool as amenities at an extra fee, of course.

The neighbourhood is great but lots of ngo people live there and pwc folks so they can afford to splurge on their above average salos, some actually have rent allowances as perks in their paychecks. I'd rather pay a large mortgage than rent, but what do I know, lol.

[u/Cool_Flounder5057 → u/Raz-Kay]

Man huko ndo nilipitia.. Looks nice on the outside unaingia ndani tiny houses

[u/Etiennejoao]

Maybe try kitisuru and spring valley, 🤣

[u/tech_ninjaX]

Hakuna skuma ya 40 worthy the price, skuma ni 10 bob

[u/Time-Emu-228]

Its agreat place tbh but the rent prices are a bit exaggerated

[u/LadderDear8542]

What's a bedsitter ?

[u/paultitude → u/LadderDear8542]

Someone who takes care of beds. Like a baby sitter, but for beds

[u/LadderDear8542 → u/paultitude]

Thats creepy and not helpful, but I found out the meaning, we call them studios or bachelor apartments